Post-card or picture hanger.



APPLICATION FILED SEPT- I3, 1915.

Patented Aug. 29, 1916.

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L. WFM@ POST-CARD OR PICTURE HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patenten ang. sa, iure.

Application led September 13, 1915. Serial No. 50,363.

To all whom z' may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD H. CABELL, J r., residing at Millers, in the county of Esmeralda and State of Nevada, have invented a new and Improved Post-Card or Picture Hanger, of which the following is a specification.

This invention, which generally relates to means for holding and displaying post cards, photographs and other like articles, primarily has for its object to provide a device adapted for hanging or supporting a number of cards, photos and the like, either in vertical or horizontal alinement, that can be readily made up in desired lengths, of a very simple and inexpensive construction', and of neat design and especially adapted for the quick attachment thereto or removal therefrom of the pictures'or cards to be displayed thereby. Y

Jnother object of my invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive means for decorating walls with pictorial postcards, kodak prints, ete., that is more especially designed as an advertising medium, since its cost of manufacture permits of giving the article away, its size small enough for being packed with goods, and the face thereof so shaped that the space cards or pictures can be utilized for prominently bearing a trade mark or other like distinguishing character.

Another and important object of my invention is to provide an improved construction of hanger of the general type stated, in which the parts thereof are so formed that sectional portions of the hanger can be readily interlocked at the ends to form a continuous strip and in which the cards are so held thereon that the hanger proper is scarcely seen.

With other objects in view that will hereinafter appear, my invention is a picture hanger that embodies the peculiar features of construction and novel combination of the parts hereinafter fully explained, speciically pointed out in the claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of one of my picture hangers the same showing the pictures displayed in the horizontal plane. Fig. 2 is a similar view that shows the hanger pendently supported for displaying the pictures in vertical alinement. Fig. 3, is a detail perspective view of one end of between adjacent the holder. Fig. 4f, is a detail perspective view of the otherend of the holder. Fig. 5, is a perspective view illustrating the manner of joining the ends of the holders. Fig. 6, is a perspective view showing the position of the interlocking slots when the, ends of the holders are joined. Figs. 7, 8, and 9 are detail sections on line 7--7, 8-8 and 9-9 of Figs. 5, 6 and 1, respectively. Fig. 10, is a detail perspective view showing a strip embodying two other types of incisions. Fig. 11 is a detail view that illustrates a further use of my invention.

My improved hanger which may consist of a single strip of card board, tin, celluloid, or other suitable material, preferably consists of a numberl of such strips all of like construction and adapted for having their ends to interlockably engage so as to provide a continuous strip of the desired length. f

lf ach strip 1, at predetermined intervals, is stamped or otherwisesuitably cut with semi circular notches 2 as shown in Fig. 3 or with square or Vshaped notches 10-11 as shown in Fig. 10 the said notches being so formed that clip or tongue like members 20-20 are provided, between which the opposite edges of the card or picture are slipped into position and by which the picture is held clamped upon the strip as is clearly shown in the drawings.

The slits or notches are arranged in pairs, each pair being separated by so much of the body of the strip as is necessary to maintain the desired rigidity of the body and by reason thereof to provide for showing much more picture surface and less surface of the holder, and for especially adapting the space between each pair of oppositely projected clips or tongues for displaying a trade mark or other character for distinguishing the goods with which my hanger may be shipped, particularly when it is to be utilized as an advertising media for the said goods.

By reason of forming the slits and tongues in the manner stated and having a slit and tongue at the ends of the strip, the tongue m, of the end of one section can be readily slipped down through the notch or opening y of the opposing end, the tongue a of the said opposing end extending through the notch of the end m2 having the tongue and over the end m2, thus forming a simple means for interlocking the two hanger sectit) eration, a finished tions to form, as 'it were, a continuous strip, the interlocking of the said ends being rendered the more effective by reason of one edge b of each of the adjacent pair of picture cards closing under the adjacent tongues .e-.e as will be readily understood by referring to Fig. 9 `of the drawings.

When the hanger is intended for displaying pictures and the like in vertical position as in Fig. 2, the hanger has an eyelet 5 for suspending it from a stud pin 50, it being understood that when it is to be used in the horizontal position the opposite ends of the hangers are tacked up Y as shown in Fig. l.

In the manufacture of my invention the hanger or holder strip is cut out in one opproduct,'andv by reason of forming the tongue or clips in the manner'explained and shown, the material, being stift enough to permit it, the tongues are easily bent to form the clamps :between which the picturesare slid for holding the i said pictures in the desired` positions.

vis of metal the tongues are slightly aredV In my holderv when the material is stili' cardboard, Y celluloid and the like, the tongues, when cut are flush with the body of the'holder or strip, and when the holder to give the said tongues enough spring action to close against the edgesof the pictures and hold them clamped in position.

Among other advantages in my construction of picture holder or hanger.l is that the hanger presents a neat, pleasing surface easily applied for.' use and which forms a neat -and efficient advertising medium.

My invention may also bereadily adapted for use as a sign display, see Fig. 11.

1 What I claim is: 1. As a new article, a picture or vcard Copies of this patent may bevobtained for ve cents each, by addressing the holder consisting of a pair of strips of resilient material, each having a series of stamped tongues arranged in pairs, one end of each strip having a single stamped tongue and the otherend of the said strip a pair of stamped tongues that nroject in opposite directions lengthwise ofl the strip, the said tongues forming clamps for receiving cards or pictures therebetween, the single tongue at one end of one strip being adapted to interlock with one of the tongues of a pair of tongues in the adjacent end of' another strip, the said pair of tongues of the said other strip being adapted to pass through the notch out of which the aforesaid single tongue is formed whereby to produce opposite clamping members for clamping the adjacent edges of a pairof picture cards.

2. As a new article, a picture card holder consisting of a plurality of strips of resilient material, each having notched ends that form tongues adapted to be bent out to produce clamps for engaging the edges of picture cards, one of the adjacent ends of a pair of stripshaving a single cut whereby to produce a single clamping tongue, the adjacent end of the other strip having a pair of cuts whereby to produce a pair of oppositely projected clamping tongues one of the said pair of tongues being adapted to interlock with the single tongue on the adjacent end of the other strip, the other one of the said pair of tongues being bendable through the cutV from which the aforesaid single tongue is bent, said pair of tongues forming a pair of oppositely disposed clamping members for engaging the adjacent edges of a pair of picture cards.

RICHARD H. OABELL, JR.

Commissioner of :Patentst AWashinxegton, 1)..0. 

